Michael McKean
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Michael McKean (born 17 October 1947; age 60) played The Clown in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "The Thaw". He and David L. Lander are best known for playing Lenny and Squiggy on the television sitcom Laverne & Shirley. He was also a regular on Saturday Night Live for two seasons, where he had one sketch playing Patrick Stewart who was filling in for William Shatner as host of Rescue 911. McKean is also known for playing government agent Morris Fletcher on The X-Files and its spin-off The Lone Gunmen. He also is known for his role of Perry White on Smallville alongside his wife, actress Annette O'Toole.
McKean and O'Toole also played the parents of one of the main characters in the "State of the Unions" episode of the sitcom Boy Meets World (with Lindsay Ridgeway).
He, along with Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer, are now known for their long series of "mockumentary" films: This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind and For Your Consideration.
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- My First Mister (2001; with Gary Bullock and Henry Brown)
